Women in the Police Academy
A National-Level Exploration of the Gendered Nature of Non-Completion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20394207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene A Paoline (0000-0001-9483-8629, University of Central Florida, corresponding author), John J Sloan (0000-0002-1434-2162, University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 419-437 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08974454.2022.2035302 |
| OpenAlex | W4213332182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
The underrepresentation of women in policing is well documented as are efforts to understand the disparity. Some of these efforts have examined the first point newly hired women experience occupational socialization: basic law enforcement training at police academies nationwide. Largely absent from this line of research are studies of why women recruits—compared to men—fail to successfully complete basic training. To fill this empirical void, the current inquiry utilizes national-level data to examine the reasons women, compared to men, fail to complete academy basic training. Our results reveal statistically significant gendered differences in reasons for training non-completion by level of stress emphasized during training and type of academy affiliation that include voluntary withdrawal by recruits and non-voluntary withdrawal for failure to meet qualifying standards for physical fitness, firearms, and driving. The implications of these findings for police practice and research are discussed and recommendations are made
Empirical research · Law enforcement · Management · Medical education · Political science · Socialization · Turnover · Applied Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
Female Police Officers’ Cultural Perceptions of the External Work Environment
Gender differences in serious police misconduct
Understanding disproportionate female completion rates at police academies
Role Incongruity of Women in United States Law Enforcement
How Did They Do It? Success Factors for Women Pursuing Positions on Elite Police Specialty Units
Getting in, but getting through? A 20-year national examination of the representation and success of women in the police academy
Doing Justice, Doing Gender
Women in Control?
Police Officers as Warriors or Guardians
Survival in an “all boys club”
“Difference” in the Police Department
Why Did You Become a Police Officer? Entry-Related Motives and Concerns of Women and Men in Policing
Predictors of successful police academy recruits and rationalizations for attrition
Women Police Officers and the Use of Coercion
The Masculine Yardstick of Physical Competence
Male Peer Support and the Police Culture
Identifying barriers to diversity in law enforcement agencies
A National Comparison of Police Academies Operated by Academic Institutions and by Law Enforcement Agencies
Research on Women in Policing
Who Dreams of Badges? Gendered Self-Concept and Policing Career Aspirations
Policewomen or PoliceWomen
Doing and undoing gender in policing
Hard Charger' or 'Station Queen'? Policing and the Masculinist State
Taking stock
Attracting females and racial/ethnic minorities to law enforcement
Police Subculture Reconsidered
There Oughtta Be a Law Against Bitches
Doing Gender
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |